This year’s Global Bioeconomy Summit (GBS) will be held for the first-time outside Europe in Nairobi, Kenya, East Africa, on 23 – 24 October 2024. GBS2024 provides a platform to discuss global bioeconomy issues in an inclusive manner. It will profile and recognise the importance of bioeconomy in advancing sustainable development.

Purpose: The purpose of the action is to develop a community of practice (CoP) for agroecological-based cropping systems within the Push-Pull innovation ecosystem to enhance food security, environmental safety, and incomes of smallholder producers in sub-Saharan Africa.

Nairobi, Kenya – Eight Vice Chancellors of leading universities in Kenya visited the International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe) Duduville campus in Nairobi on 25 July 2024.

In a landmark move for research and development in Africa and beyond, two major institutions: The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), jointly known as The Alliance; and the International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe), have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU).

In 2022, icipe in partnership with the Swiss Agency for Cooperation and Development (SDC) launched the Scaling-Up Insect-Based Protein Feed Technologies and Practices for Enhanced Poultry Production in Ethiopia (SIPFEED). Through SIPFEED,icipe and partners have demonstrated the numerous benefits of insect-based feeds and insect-composted organic fertiliser.